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Sharon crash kills 1 man, 2 high school football players

Family members say 50-year-old John Zdelar Jr. was driving home from a high school football game with his young stepson and a neighbor's child when an SUV with four Sharon High School football players inside collided with his pickup truck. Killed were Zdelar, 18-year-old Corey Swartz and 17-year-old Evan Gill.

Family members say 50-year-old John Zdelar Jr. was driving home from a high school football game with his young stepson and a neighbor's child when an SUV with four Sharon High School football players inside collided with his pickup truck. Killed were Zdelar, 18-year-old Corey Swartz and 17-year-old Evan Gill.

Updated: 1:10 AM EST Nov 10, 2013

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Sharon crash kills 1 man, 2 high school football players

Family members say 50-year-old John Zdelar Jr. was driving home from a high school football game with his young stepson and a neighbor's child when an SUV with four Sharon High School football players inside collided with his pickup truck. Killed were Zdelar, 18-year-old Corey Swartz and 17-year-old Evan Gill.

WEBVTT 3 Now our other top story. The crash happened after dark. An SUV with four teens inside -- hits a pick-up truck driven by a man with two children riding along. THREE PEOPLE WOULD BE KILLED IN THAT TERRIBLE CRASH. TWO OF THEM -- LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYERS. GOOD EVENING -- I'M SHANNON PERRINE. And I'm Matt Belanger. New tonight -- family members of one of the victims are speaking out. Action News reporter Bob Hazen is in Sharon, Mercer County. 3 3 3 3 THE PEOPLE IN BOTH OF THE VEHICLES INVOLVED IN THIS TERRIBLE TRAGEDY, WERE ALL HEADING HOME FROM FOOTBALL GAMESWHEN THEY COLLIDED. THE IMPACT KILLED A PAIR OF TEENAGERS AND AN OHIO MAN, WHO HAD 2 KIDS IN HIS CAR; NOW FAMILY AND FRIENDS ON BOTH SIDES ARE LOOKING FOR ANSWERS. JOHN ZDELAR'S JUNIOR'S FAMILY SAYS HE LOVED TO WORK ON RACECARS, AND ON HIS FARM: HE WAS A HUSBAND, WHO WAS VERY CLOSE TO HIS FAMILYINCLUDING HIS MOTHER, WHO LIVES JUST A FEW DOORS DOWN FROM HIS HOME. FRIDAY NIGHT ZDELAR 3 WAS DRIVING HOME AFTER WATCHING A HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME; HIS 10-YEAR-OLD STEP-SON EVAN WALLACE WAS IN THE BACKSEAT WITH A 12- YEAR-OLD FRIEND, WHEN POLICE SAY AN SUV CROSSED OVER THE CENTER LINE ALONG CONNELLY BOULEVARD IN SHARON, MERCER COUNTY AND COLLIDED HEAD ON WITH HIS TRUCK. THIS CROSS NOW MARKS THE SPOT WHERE ZDELAR WAS KILLEDTHE 2 CHILDREN, WERE HURT. 3 IN THE SUV WERE 4 TEENS FOOTBALL PLAYERS AT SHARON HIGH SCHOOL, WHO WERE COMING HOME FROM WATCHING ANOTHER TEAM, IN THE PLAYOFFS. THE DRIVER 18-YEAR-OLD COREY SWARTZ AND A PASSENGER, 17- YEAR-OLD EVAN GILL WERE KILLED. THE 2 OTHER TEENS WERE HURT. 3 THE FLAG AT SHARON HIGH IS NOW AT HALF-STAFF: COUNSELORS WERE BROUGHT IN TO HELP CLASSMATES DEAL WITH THE PAIN.ZDELAR'S FAMILY SAYS, THEY'VE BEEN TOLD THE TEEN'S SUV, WAS SPEEDING WHEN IT LOST CONTROL AND THEY HOPE THIS TRAGEDY, WILL CONVINCE OTHER YOUNG DRIVERS TO BE MORE CAREFUL, BEHIND THE WHEEL. 3 POLICE DO SAY THEY DON'T BELIEVE DRUGS, ALCOHOL, OR TEXTING PLAYED A ROLE, IN THIS DEADLY CRASH.ZDELAR'S 10-YEAR- OLD STEP-SON IS STILL AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN PITTSBURGH...WITH INJURIES TO HIS FACE, AND HAND.SIG OUT. 3 3 The Sharon Tigers were SUPPOSED to be in Erie this afternoon for a first-round playoff game. That game is now rescheduled for Monday."I think it, uh, will be a motivation for the remianing seniors to 3 understand that, uh, life is never fair and take advantage of each day. It's not fair today, there's always tomorrow." It's been a rough year for coach Wildman. Back in August -- he was ATTACKED in his own living room by a man who broke into his house. He later showed up for practice with 60 stitches! The alleged attacker-- Joseph Koscinski-- was arrested -- and is now